A thought. Could it simply be that you have been seeing them brand spanking new before they have lost a few scales?darker than usual MBs
Jack
A thought. Could it simply be that you have been seeing them brand spanking new before they have lost a few scales?darker than usual MBs
Thank You Pete, I will now go and look up what the Drink Moth looks like....Debbie wrote:Hi Debbie - this is a Drinker moth larva.
Cheers,
- Pete
I would guess so, David. I saw several at Box Hill today, both sexes, and courtship behaviour too. You'd have thought it was April to look at them. I wonder if an old male from last year would try his luck with a newly emerged female? Or wouldn't he recognise her?David M wrote:Female Brimstone spotted flying in front of my car on the way home from work. I'm sure it must be theoretically possible to see the adult of this species in every single month of the year.
That's a very interesting question, Dave, since the newly emerged Brimstones, one supposes, would not have the instinct to pair up (given that it would be a waste since both sexes will hibernate for several months in the imago stage).millerd wrote:I would guess so, David. I saw several at Box Hill today, both sexes, and courtship behaviour too. You'd have thought it was April to look at them. I wonder if an old male from last year would try his luck with a newly emerged female? Or wouldn't he recognise her?David M wrote:Female Brimstone spotted flying in front of my car on the way home from work. I'm sure it must be theoretically possible to see the adult of this species in every single month of the year.
Dave
Surrey 4thJack Harrison wrote:Mull 4th
Tatty Small Tort.
Jack
Great shots and observations, Bobbadgerbob wrote:Every year I try to do a Small Tortoiseshell count along the River Cuckmere between Littlington and Alfriston ............... Several females were egg laying and it was very interesting watching them as they kept returning to the same nettle leaves to lay, a couple of times more than one butterfly was trying to use the same leaf!! There was an enormous quantity of nettles to lay on but the few that they kept laying on were small nettles right by the edge of the path which means there would be a danger of them being trodden on.